User Guide

140 Chapter 7: Layers, Masking, and Blending
4 Select the object into which you want to paste the contents. This object will be used as the mask,
or clipping path.
5 Choose Edit > Paste Inside.
The objects you pasted appear to be inside or clipped by the mask object.
Using text as a mask
Text masks are a type of vector mask. You apply text masks just as you apply masks using existing
objects: you simply use text as the mask object. The usual way to apply a text mask is to use its
path outline, but you can apply a text mask using its grayscale appearance as well.
A text mask applied using its path outline
For more information, see “Creating a mask from an existing object” on page 137. For more
information about the different ways masks can be applied, see “Changing the way masks are
applied” on page 149.